If WordPress 2.7 Was A Movie…
This would be our trailer. Check out some of the upcoming new features and design changes in this sneak preview video, including how to customize your dashboard, the new comment reply feature, the new navigation system, and the customizable posting screen. When you’re finished watching, take the poll below the video to tell us which feature you’re looking forward to the most.
A note on timing: WordPress 2.7 was originally scheduled to be released on WordPress.org for download on November 10th. WordPress.com would have had it installed as soon as possible thereafter. However, the launch date has been delayed due to some additional complexity and our determination to test all the new features with current users before releasing the updated software. 2.7 is expected to be released on WordPress.org by the end of November. We may be able to bring 2.7 to WordPress.com blogs slightly before the official launch date, but for now, no dates have been finalized. When we have a fixed date, we will announce it on this blog, so you all will have plenty of notice of the upcoming change.
Posted: Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 5:57 pm. Filed in New Features, WordPress.
Tags: 2.7, preview, screencast
Nov 7th at 6:11 pm
Love it! Can’t wait! Do we have an ETA??
Nov 8th at 4:55 am
Later in November, no specific date yet. We’ll keep you posted.
Nov 7th at 6:25 pm
Cool, Can’t Wait!
Nov 7th at 6:31 pm
Shouldn’t it be “If WordPress 2.7 were a movie…”? Anyways, nice post.
Nov 7th at 6:32 pm
now this is cool….
Nov 7th at 6:34 pm
This is gonna be wonderful to use. I cannot wait!!
Nov 7th at 6:35 pm
I can’t wait for this to go live!
Nov 7th at 6:36 pm
Holy poop on a stick!!!
Now that’s a dashboard!
Nov 7th at 6:41 pm
It all looks great. The only problem is that your trailer has to have fast paced music and a deeper, more dramatic voice for your narrator. After all 9 out of 10 entertainment executives agree, uptempo music and deep voices mean a bigger box office gross. =P
Nov 8th at 4:54 am
Since we give out wordpress.com blogs for free, we figured we could save a buck or two on the music and voice selection.
Nov 7th at 6:45 pm
Looks pretty cool!!! I can’t wait!
Nov 7th at 6:46 pm
This looks so good I can’t wait to use it on my production blogs. Testing it on a blog under development has been lots of fun.
Nov 7th at 6:53 pm
When does it come out?
Nov 8th at 4:53 am
Later in November. Don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted.
Nov 7th at 6:53 pm
The new UI is brilliant. My favourite feature is probably “reply to comment”, but I have to say the drag and drop format as well as the UI in general are quite innovative. I’d have liked the “post” page to actually be separate so the “post from dashboard” isn’t a welcome feature for me. This is because I like to take time to create my posts… and prefer if I have the writing area is as large a percentage of the screen as possible.
Anyhow thanks for putting in all the hard work so us users can enjoy this! Shalom!
Nov 8th at 4:52 am
Don’t worry! The separate screen to add a new post is still there and better than ever, with a drag and drop layout that allows you to create the perfect writing environment. The QuickPress module on the Dashboard is not replacing the traditional screen, merely supplementing it.
Nov 7th at 6:56 pm
After so much planning, discussion and promotion…are we there yet?
Count me among those who can’t wait to get started using the new Dashboard.
Nov 7th at 7:03 pm
WOW! Can’t wait!!!
Nov 7th at 7:06 pm
Ohhh soo cool i really like it
Nov 7th at 7:19 pm
WordPress 2.7 IS like a movie….too many previews while we hunger for you to just, already, release it!
Good going, all!
Nov 7th at 7:21 pm
Looks great. When is this happening?
Nov 8th at 4:50 am
2.7 will hit wordpress.com later in November, but before the official launch on wordpress.org.
Nov 7th at 7:21 pm
You mean “If WordPress 2.7 WERE a movie”?
Nov 8th at 4:49 am
Actually, I used “was” very much on purpose. See lengthy description in response to haounomiko’s 7:38pm comment above, or check out http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html for a more in-depth explanation of why this usage is okay.
Nov 7th at 7:22 pm
nice actions for developing my favorite website.bravoo
Nov 7th at 7:24 pm
this is… AWESOME!!! *O*
I just can’t wait to have it and start playing with it! You guys never disappoint, i have been with WordPress for more than 2 years now and it’s still going strong!! Go Guys~~~~!! =D
Nov 7th at 7:26 pm
OhMyF-ingGod!!!!!
Nov 7th at 7:35 pm
I love the drag and drop feature on the dashboard.
Nov 7th at 7:35 pm
Drag and drop on Dashboard 20% ! why ? :p
Nov 7th at 7:38 pm
Okay, I know people are going to jump down my throat for saying this, but I believe that a professional site should mind its grammar because that’s the professional thing to do. Those who don’t like the idea of correct grammar are free to be as sloppy as they want; they’ll just look unprofessional to me. With that said… the correct usage is “if WordPress were a movie”.
Nov 8th at 4:46 am
Actually, I do care about grammar quite a bit. There are two arguments for my use of the indicative rather than the subjunctive in the post title. 1) If my “if” clause is not presupposed to be false, then even with “would” in the main clause, the use of “was” could be correct. Though at first glance it might *seem* to be false, because WordPress 2.7 is, of course, an application, not a movie, there is grammatically-correct logic behind this usage that will make more sense when we get a little closer to launch and we bring out…. come on, don’t make me ruin the surprise. 2) Language is a fluid and ever-changing vehicle of expression, including if-was clauses which is now considered common usage and used by many respected writers, even when their usage doesn’t fit within the traditional allowance of presupposition of “if clause” falsehood.
And don’t worry, we won’t jump down your throat. We debated 70′s vs. ’70s for almost an hour at the Automattic company meeting last month (I advocated for ’70s).
Nov 7th at 7:40 pm
Extremely moving.. Thank you wordpress.
Nov 7th at 7:40 pm
At the beginning, I hated that guy’s voice, but towards the end, I started to REALLY like it. Hm.
Nov 7th at 7:42 pm
too good. thank you. loved the menu n flexibility
Nov 7th at 7:48 pm
Hi, I was reading, that the release date of WordPress 2.7 was 10-th November, then I found on your blog, that it will be released late November. Please, what´s release date of this on wordpress.com, which will be for wordpress.com users, not wordpress.org. Thanks
Nov 8th at 4:29 am
We’ll probably launch on wordpress.com a bit earlier than the final release on wordpress.org, sometime later this month. No exact date yet, we want to make sure it’s working well in IE before we make the upgrade.
Nov 7th at 7:53 pm
That looks awesome. Can’t wait to try. Also looking forward to intensedebate integration….
Nov 7th at 8:00 pm
another one awesome updates
thanks wp team for the great works.
Nov 7th at 8:04 pm
Oh my goodness. This all looks amazing!
Nov 7th at 8:04 pm
This is kinda sexy. I can’t wait to start using it.
Nov 7th at 8:08 pm
I don’t like it. I gotten so used to 2.6 style dashboards, I would be purely WLW and Moderator in case of a switch. If there’s an option to switch to the old layout, I’ll be happy.
Nov 8th at 4:27 am
There won’t be an option to change to the 2.5-based layout, no. However, I can say that of the beta testers who initially expressed the same opinion you just did, almost all the ones I’ve talked to have been completely won over by the new layout because of how fast and easy it makes managing their blogs. So maybe when you’ve had a chance to use it you’ll feel differently. (Twitter search for WordPress 2.7 and you’ll see what I mean.)
Nov 7th at 8:10 pm
enough with the trailers. unleash the beast.
Nov 7th at 8:13 pm
Absolutely stunning! Great job guys.
Nov 7th at 8:13 pm
I think it looks so cool.
In spite of a few things, I just can’t leave WordPress. It became a nice place for me.
Good trailer, can’t wait to see WordPress 2.7!
Nov 7th at 8:22 pm
Looks amazing!
Can’t wait to be able to use it. 
Nov 7th at 8:32 pm
[this is awesome]
[like seriously]
x
Nov 7th at 8:33 pm
Looks Great! I’m really looking forward to the threaded comments feature, and the new dashboard looks very user friendly and efficient.
Nov 7th at 8:34 pm
Seems too nice! If indeed we could upgrade the CSS without pay would be perfect!
Nov 7th at 8:45 pm
As ever, I’m impressed. And your narrator didn’t even sound like Jony Ive.
More like a Fulham fan.
Nov 7th at 8:45 pm
Wow, the “At a glance” statistics (with each of the numbers in a fixed place) is so much better than the current format (like “You have 273 posts, 2 pages, 3 drafts, contained within 10 categories and 367 tags. You have 316 total comments, 316 approved, 0 spam and 0 awaiting moderation”) we have, a sentence that needs to be scanned/read each time.
Nov 8th at 4:25 am
It makes it easier for international versions of WordPress to translate, too!
Nov 7th at 8:59 pm
That is AWESOME!!! I can hardly wait…
Nov 7th at 9:03 pm
Wow! That looks great, it will be much easier to manage my site with those cool features…
Nov 7th at 9:06 pm
Looks pretty solid. Can’t wait to roll it out.
Does it include to ability to embed some other video sites? That would be a nice functional add.
Nov 8th at 4:23 am
For now the video options are still limited to those that are currently supported, but we hope to expand media options, including embedded video in 2.8, coming in February.
Nov 7th at 9:08 pm
This looks BEAUTIFUL!!
I’m excited!!!
Nov 7th at 9:10 pm
Wohoo! If the ‘teaser trailer’ is anything to go by, the ‘movie’ ought to be a ‘Blog-Office’ Smash Hit! When’s the release date did you say?
One ticket Please!
Nov 7th at 9:24 pm
When will it come out? It looks awesome!
Nov 8th at 4:21 am
Later this month, and thanks! We like it too.
Nov 7th at 9:27 pm
very well! I am a hurry to use him…
Nov 7th at 9:35 pm
Although the clip was a little too fast for me to absorb, hopefully ALL of these features will minimize my “darn, how did I do that last time?” Sort of like finding my keys…I know I put them there a minute ago, but my short-term memory punishes me if they aren’t staring me in the face! Thanks!
Nov 7th at 10:16 pm
Can I have all of them?
Nov 7th at 10:18 pm
Just hope it’s compatible with Opera browsers. It’s a pain when you’re used to surf everything in one browser, and then have to change in order to be able to do something on a particular website.
With that detail out of the way, can’t wait to try the new drag and drop features in order to customize the look and functionality of my blog.
Nov 8th at 4:21 am
Right now it works great in Firefox and Safari, less great in IE and Opera. We’ve been making fixes throughout the beta period, and will continue to do so until it is a satisfactory experience.
Nov 7th at 10:22 pm
Funny and cute. Not sure such hype is warranted.
Nov 8th at 4:20 am
Part of the reason for the hype is so that wordpress.com users will be aware of the changes that are coming, since they are so dramatic. When we launched 2.5, many users felt it was a surprise/shock, and expressed a desire that we try to give them more warning next time. Consider this our “save the date” card. Except, you know, with the date a little bit fuzzy.
Nov 7th at 10:30 pm
Love it!
Anytime the user can customize it’s a good thing.
Nov 7th at 10:35 pm
Awsome!! When will this version release?
Nov 8th at 4:18 am
Later this month, probably a little bit before the official release.
Nov 7th at 10:45 pm
pretty cool. love the idea to make the dashboard more of a workspace.
Nov 7th at 10:54 pm
wow, It looks great. We’ll basically be able to put all the features we use most on one page. I’m looking forward to it!
Nov 7th at 10:56 pm
I would like to add that using the polling feature instead of having vast amount of one line posts is a great decision. I also think forcing us to pick one top feature requires us to think a bit more about our response and that is a good thing.
Nov 7th at 11:00 pm
You guys are magic. That looks awesome.
Nov 7th at 11:03 pm
i can’t wait to see this dream in reality , wordpress rocks !
Nov 7th at 11:03 pm
Sweet, this will make it far easier then it was before to blog and that was already simple…*two thumbs up*
Nov 7th at 11:07 pm
Fabulous!! Looking forward to it
Nov 7th at 11:11 pm
really good features i’m waiting
Nov 7th at 11:36 pm
This looks very promising – I’m sure it will make things quite easier and more effective
Thanks very much.
Nov 7th at 11:47 pm
Looks absolutely fantastic, guys. Keep up the hard work!
Nov 7th at 11:56 pm
It looks good – is it still being beta tested or is the beta now available to all?
Nov 8th at 4:17 am
It’s still in beta testing, but anyone can download the beta and run it on their own server or local machine. WordPress.com will begin to run it later this month.
Nov 8th at 12:04 am
gosh!
can’t choose best – like them all and i didn’t get to watch yr presentation as it was taking forever to upload
although i’m ADSL – i had to turn off my router as the video was like listening to a cell phone with bad re c. pt n
love the yellow at last some colour!
Nov 8th at 12:13 am
cool! very cool! thanxxx a thousand to the team
))
I’m also looking forward to a better organized widgets page, such as seeing all side-bars at a glance and moving widgets from one bar to another…
Nov 8th at 4:15 am
FYI, widgets are being overhauled in 2.8 (due February 2, 2009), so you can look forward to better widget administration as an early Valentine.
Nov 8th at 12:16 am
wow! that’s quite the trailer! can’t wait to see the movie! when does it come out–next week? whoo hoo! is Buddy Press next?
I love how customizable it is!!
great work, WordPress!
Nov 8th at 12:20 am
I’m looking very much forward to it. Good work.
Nov 8th at 12:22 am
Just. Wow
drag and drop and compact menu are the best parts.
Nov 8th at 12:22 am
…I would be one of the intertitles translator
¡Congratulations to the translators of the spanish language! ¡We’ve reached the 100%!
Nov 8th at 12:27 am
This looks to be plain awesome.
Nov 8th at 12:27 am
I can’t wait for the Dashboard!
Nov 8th at 12:29 am
Wohoi. Cool!! I cannot wait to see it here at wordpress.com!
Nov 8th at 12:53 am
I can’t believe so few people are voting for “Comment moderation on Dashboard”. There is consistently a big hoo-hah about the lack of this in previous releases. Kudos for finally implementing this!
Nov 8th at 12:54 am
Wow! I love the new features, everyone of them and I’m so looking forward to the WP 2.7! Great job, thank you! ^^
Nov 8th at 12:57 am
Dios que chulo está que ganas tengo de tenerlo ^^ un saludo
Nov 8th at 1:12 am
Hey actually I’m really looking forward to better control of multiple blogs from one source.
Nov 8th at 1:17 am
I thought its releasing on november 7 ?!!! today is 8th !!
Nov 8th at 4:14 am
The original launch date was going to be November 10th, but we’ve pushed it back a couple of weeks to conduct additional testing, squash some bugs, and try to make it work well in some less-than-standards-compliant browsers that shall remain nameless. We’re currently in beta 2 testing over on WordPress.org, and will hopefully be able to launch the new version on WordPress.com a little bit earlier than the official .org release. Sometime later in November; we’ll let you know as we get closer what the exact date will be.
Nov 8th at 1:20 am
I’m really looking forward to WordPress 2.7 after seeing that video.
Nov 8th at 1:27 am
I was wondering if new themes will be coming along as well?
Nov 8th at 4:10 am
Many themes are being updated to support threaded comments and comment paging, but there aren’t any new themes being bundled as part of 2.7, since theme development is separate from development of the administration panel.
Nov 8th at 1:42 am
For the record, though, they’re all awesome changes. I can’t wait!
Nov 8th at 2:02 am
zomg that luks awsm
Nov 8th at 2:04 am
Definitely more usable than the current version. WordPress 2.7 is looking damn good!
Nov 8th at 2:27 am
I Vote Other, because I like all of them
WordPress. This time, it’s personal. My WordPress, your WordPress, our WordPress. WP ROCKS!
Nov 8th at 2:30 am
Wow. Love it. Great idea.
Nov 8th at 2:45 am
Hmm, I can’t wait for this new environment. Ok guys, bring it on.
Nov 8th at 3:08 am
I’m looking forward to this. It looks quite nice and impressive…. very impressive. *rewatches movie*
Nov 8th at 3:31 am
now wordpress gona ‘ROCKS’
Nov 8th at 3:51 am
I think the drag and drop feature is very cool. It would have been great if there was a facility to personalize the color of the Dashboard…something on the lines of what Orkut and BBC have done.
Nov 8th at 4:09 am
In your current 2.6 version, you can go to your profile and choose from two color palettes for the administrative interface. We’ll likely have the same thing in 2.7, but with different palettes.
Nov 8th at 3:56 am
Definitely option C — this rawks worlds.
Holey moley.
Nov 8th at 4:07 am
Note: The poll options are randomly sorted for each viewer to prevent selection bias, so your Option C may not have been the same as everyone else’s.
Nov 8th at 4:13 am
Looks nifty! Can’t wait!
Nov 8th at 4:18 am
Looking forward to try it out!
Great work WordPress !
Nov 8th at 5:07 am
I Like it, I really like it. Word Press rocks…
jeremy